Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-09
THE HAKTFORDs HERE TO-DAY.


 The Game to Decide which Club Will
 Take the Lead for the Pennant-
 New Haven's New Catcher-what
 Saturdays Games.
 The New Haven club nas signed a new catcher. He arrived Saturday night from New York, ,haying on the day before been re- leased by Manager Mutrie of the New Works. His name is Weckbecker. He and John Cuff, who last season caught for the Water burys, were signed by Mutrie early in the | season. Weckbecker was not tried to any extent, but it was evident that neither one of them could stand the terrible pounding | which they were likely to receive at the hands of Keefe and Welch. Cuff will go to the Brooklyn club, and by good bit of en- l terprise at the right moment Weckbecker | was secured by New Haven, although he had | many good offers elsewhere Murphy will l now get much needed rest
 To-day occurs the game which will decide | whether New Haven or Hartford will take | the lead for the pennsnt. By the result of | Saturdays games both are tied for | first place. Gruber will pitch for the | Hartfords. Gruber is an old New Haven | boy, having pitched for the Winchesters. l This is his third year in playing professional | bal. The new rules this year have made him very effective and he is developing into | @ first-class player.
 l For the New Ravens it cannot be said yet l whether Dawson or Lautenbach will occupy l the box. The chances are, however, that | Lautenbach will pitch. Dawson is suffering | from blister on the very finger with which
 he curves the ball, and if it is not a good | deal better to day than yesterday he will lay \ off. In the game Saturday in Springfield he l was not SO effective as he might have been
 because of his sore hand. It is to be hoped | that he will be able to pitch to-day, as New l Haveners are extremely anxious to see him in the box. Still it would be unjust to put I him in under these adverse circumstances
 and expect him to pitch good game. If
 Lautenbach pitches Murphy will probably ! catch, and if Dawson occupies the box Week
 becker will hold his delivery.
 | The New Haven team is frst-class in every particular but one that is running bases. Some of them evidently haven't got limbered up yet. They take no chances, but hang to I base as if to start to the next one was lnev- itable death Of course it will not do to run
 bases with utter recklessness. A due amount l of discretion can be used and many of the ! chances if taken can be earned. In every
 game the New Ravens have yet played the | opposing team has shown the best ability in running bases. The New Ravens are heavy
 batters, fine players in the field, but they 1 want to brace up and to see
 them do some da1ing base running would l be pleasure. In great many games the | result of the game depends on which team has the best base runners. Some of the | players can already get around the bases as
 lively as anyone wants to see them, but there
 are others who do not.
 Malloy, of the Meriden Resolutes, may be put in to play short stop to-day in place of 1 Manager DonnelIy, who is filing the position l until Farrell arrives.
 THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
 The first week of the National league sea- son is over. The Detroits are in | the lead. The Bostons are 6 close
 second. Captain Mike Kelly is rattler and
 knows what he is about every time. He in: | tended to fool the Washingtons, and he did. | The latter club was dead sure of winning the l game with Boston at the very commence | ment of the season. As the CoURIF9 stated ! at that time, Kelly had an object in not ear l ing whether or not he beat the Yale team
 here, and so did not work hard to do it. But two days afterward he went to Washington l and there walloped the home team in both games played. Then his team whipped l Philadelphia in two of the three games play | ed, losing one to New York and winning one, l the other being a draw, the score being 6 to | 6 in ten innings. The great Chicago team l and Washington are fighting for last place. l The Pittsburg team has been doing excellent work, standing third The New Works have
 not done as good work as expected of them, l for they are no further up than fourth place. 1 Philadelphia is fifth and Indianapolis next
 ahead of the Chicagos. The Chicago team is about as weak this season as watered milk
 But the fact ot the matter is the Chicago
 management decided this year to coin as
 much money as possible. They engaged
 cheap players and intend to play on the repu
 tation the club has made in past years. | SATURDAYS GAMES
 The New Ravens beat the Spring6elds il occnn1ino the box for the New Ravens anc